Preface |
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1.1 History of wind turbines |
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1 | (1) |
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1.2 Pros and cons of wind energy |
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2 | (2) |
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1.3 Trend of wind energy in the world |
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4 | (1) |
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5 | (6) |
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1.4.1 Horizontal-axis wind turbine |
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5 | (2) |
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1.4.2 Vertical-axis wind turbine |
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7 | (4) |
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1.5 Wind turbine components |
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11 | (12) |
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1.5.1 Blades, hub, and low-speed shaft |
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12 | (2) |
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14 | (1) |
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1.5.3 Gearbox and high-speed shaft |
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15 | (1) |
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16 | (1) |
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17 | (1) |
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17 | (3) |
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20 | (1) |
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1.5.8 Fluctuation monitoring systems |
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21 | (1) |
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22 | (1) |
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22 | (1) |
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23 | (1) |
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23 | (1) |
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23 | (3) |
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24 | (2) |
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2 Wind properties and power generation |
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2.1 Atmospheric properties |
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26 | (10) |
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2.1.1 Global wind direction |
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27 | (2) |
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29 | (1) |
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2.1.3 Variation of wind with height |
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29 | (7) |
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2.2 Statistical study of wind |
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36 | (13) |
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39 | (3) |
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42 | (5) |
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47 | (2) |
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49 | (7) |
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2.3.1 Power of a wind element |
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50 | (1) |
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2.3.2 Power of an ideal turbine, actuator disc model |
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51 | (3) |
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54 | (2) |
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2.4 Efficiency of wind turbine components |
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56 | (15) |
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2.4.1 Efficiency of blades or coefficient of performance |
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57 | (2) |
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2.4.2 Efficiency of gearbox |
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59 | (2) |
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2.4.3 Efficiency of generator |
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61 | (1) |
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61 | (10) |
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2.5 Yearly gained energy of a wind turbine |
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71 | (2) |
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2.6 The capacity factor of a wind turbine |
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73 | (1) |
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74 | (1) |
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74 | (4) |
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75 | (3) |
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78 | (3) |
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79 | (1) |
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80 | (1) |
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3.2 Aerodynamic forces on an airfoil |
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81 | (6) |
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3.3 Aerodynamic forces on a blade |
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87 | (2) |
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3.4 Generated vortex behind a wind turbine |
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89 | (3) |
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92 | (7) |
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3.6 Blades with different airfoils |
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99 | (1) |
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3.7 Simulation of wind turbines |
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100 | (7) |
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3.7.1 Stall-regulated wind turbines |
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100 | (4) |
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3.7.2 Pitch-controlled wind turbines |
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104 | (3) |
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107 | (1) |
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107 | (5) |
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109 | (3) |
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4 Wind turbine wake and its role in farm design |
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4.1 Wake generation of a wind turbine |
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112 | (4) |
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4.2 Conventional wake models |
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116 | (25) |
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116 | (4) |
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120 | (7) |
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127 | (9) |
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136 | (5) |
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4.3 Gained energy of a farm |
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141 | (1) |
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142 | (2) |
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144 | (1) |
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145 | (6) |
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146 | (5) |
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5 Analytical model based on similarity solution |
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5.1 Turbulent free-shear wake |
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151 | (1) |
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5.2 Self-similarity method |
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151 | (3) |
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5.3 Similarity solution for a single wind turbine |
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154 | (7) |
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5.3.1 Initial wake profile just behind the wind turbine |
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154 | (4) |
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5.3.2 Calculation of wake expansion radius and velocity deficit at axis line |
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158 | (3) |
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161 | (3) |
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5.5 Simulation of a wind farm |
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164 | (2) |
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5.5.1 Wind profile just behind a wind turbine |
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164 | (1) |
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5.5.2 Wake profile at far distances behind the wind turbine |
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165 | (1) |
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5.6 Simulation of wind farms |
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166 | (10) |
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5.6.1 Four wind turbines in a row |
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166 | (3) |
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169 | (7) |
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5.7 The gained energy of a wind farm |
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176 | (6) |
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182 | (1) |
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182 | (6) |
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183 | (5) |
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6 Numerical simulation of a wind turbine |
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6.1 Basic fluid dynamics concepts |
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188 | (4) |
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6.1.1 Governing equations of fluid flow |
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189 | (1) |
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190 | (2) |
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192 | (1) |
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6.2 Different types of modeling |
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192 | (4) |
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193 | (1) |
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194 | (1) |
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195 | (1) |
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6.3 Development of actuator disc method using OpenFOAM |
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196 | (5) |
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6.3.1 Geometry and mesh generation using BlockMesh |
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196 | (2) |
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6.3.2 Source term definition |
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198 | (1) |
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6.3.3 Turbulence modeling |
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199 | (1) |
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6.3.4 Solver selection and settings |
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200 | (1) |
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6.4 Modified actuator disc |
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201 | (2) |
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6.4.1 Radial load distribution |
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201 | (1) |
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6.4.2 Modified source term |
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202 | (1) |
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203 | (8) |
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203 | (1) |
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6.5.2 Computational domain |
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204 | (1) |
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6.5.3 Boundary conditions |
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204 | (1) |
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205 | (1) |
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206 | (5) |
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211 | (2) |
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213 | (3) |
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213 | (3) |
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7 Numerical simulation of a wind farm |
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7.1 Wind farm layout generation |
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216 | (3) |
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7.1.1 Automatic layout generation |
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216 | (2) |
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218 | (1) |
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7.2 Simulation example: Horns Rev offshore wind farm |
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219 | (7) |
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220 | (1) |
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7.2.2 Boundary conditions |
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220 | (1) |
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7.2.3 Computational domain and mesh study |
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221 | (1) |
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222 | (4) |
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226 | (2) |
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228 | (3) |
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228 | (3) |
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8 Optimization for wind farm layout design |
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8.1 Optimization algorithms |
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231 | (1) |
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8.2 Cost function and constraints |
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232 | (4) |
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8.3 Coupling of optimization methods and wake models |
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236 | (1) |
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237 | (8) |
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8.4.1 Optimization for a constant-direction wind |
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238 | (3) |
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8.4.2 Optimization for a real case |
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241 | (2) |
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8.4.3 Optimization of a 4 × 4 wind farm |
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243 | (2) |
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8.5 Applying additional constraints |
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245 | (3) |
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248 | (1) |
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248 | (7) |
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252 | (3) |
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A Ancient Persian wind turbines |
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255 | (3) |
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258 | (3) |
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261 | (1) |
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262 | (2) |
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264 | (1) |
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266 | (1) |
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267 | (2) |
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268 | (1) |
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C Some wind turbine specifications |
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269 | (1) |
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270 | (1) |
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271 | (2) |
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273 | (1) |
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274 | (1) |
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279 | (2) |
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281 | (1) |
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282 | (1) |
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283 | (1) |
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C.15 VergnetCEV HP 1000/62 |
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284 | (1) |
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285 | (1) |
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285 | (1) |
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286 | (1) |
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287 | (1) |
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C.20 Siemens SWT-2.3-93 Offshore |
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288 | (1) |
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288 | (2) |
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290 | (1) |
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291 | (1) |
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291 | (1) |
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C.25 AMSCwt10000dd SeaTitan |
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292 | (1) |
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293 | (2) |
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293 | (2) |
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D.1 A 4-in-a-row wind farm |
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295 | (1) |
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295 | (1) |
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296 | (1) |
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D.4 Aghkand wind farm in Iran |
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297 | (8) |
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299 | (6) |
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E.1 Crow search algorithm |
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305 | (4) |
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E.2 Whale optimization algorithm |
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309 | (4) |
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E.3 Teaching-learning-based optimization algorithm |
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313 | (2) |
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E.4 Particle swarm optimization algorithm |
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315 | (7) |
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322 | (4) |
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326 | (1) |
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326 | (1) |
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F Implementing optimization methods in C++ |
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F.1 Genetic algorithm (GA) |
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327 | (10) |
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F.2 Particle swarm optimization (PSO) |
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337 | (12) |
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G Implementing blade element momentum method in C |
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